Accession Inventory of the Alexander Gribanov papers
Finding aid prepared by Jessica Yu
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Alexander Gribanov papers
Date (inclusive): 1960-2019
Collection Number: 2022C31
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian and English
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes, 1 motion picture film reel, digital media
(2.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Alexander Gribanov (Aleksandr Borisovich Gribanov); Soviet-era dissident activist. The Alexander Gribanov papers (1960s-2010s)
includes correspondence and interviews with fellow Soviet dissidents documenting their activities, primarily as they relate
to the Chronicle of Current Events.
Creator:
Gribanov, Alexander
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2022.
[Identification of item], Alexander Gribanov papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Alexander Gribanov (Aleksandr Borisovich Gribanov); philologist specializing in medieval Spanish literature, and translator
and commentator of texts from Spanish into Russian. Soviet-era dissident activist and literary editor of the Chronicle of
Current Events, 1975-1980. Immigrated to the United States in 1987. Archivist at the Andrei Sakharov Archive, Brandeis University,
1994-2004. Co-editor of The KGB File of Andrei Sakharov, Yale University Press, 2005.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection includes correspondence and interviews with fellow Soviet dissidents documenting their activities, primarily
as they relate to the Chronicle of Current Events. Materials relate to political dissident movements and the human rights
movement in the USSR.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dissenters -- Soviet Union
Civil rights -- Soviet Union
Human rights -- Soviet Union
Personal correspondence
Interviews
Accession Inventory
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Paper materials
box 1
1970s-2010s
This box includes correspondence, notes, and printed material. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained
in the box: "Yuly Kim letter to A. Gribanov"; "O. Maksimova Correspondence"; "Poetics Today"; "Gribanov Drafts"; "Krasin
and Yemelkina to Superfin." The box also contains Russian language original enclosure titles.
box 2
1968-2014
This box includes correspondence, notes, and printed material. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained
in the box: "Jallot"; "Leonard Ternovskii"; "T. Velikanova last interview, English translation"; "Bogoraz, self-obituary";
"Malyguin, A.N., In the battle of ideas no room for compromise." The box also contains Russian language original enclosure
titles.
box 3
1973-2010s
This box includes notes and printed material. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained in the box: "A.
V. Shubin"; "My Notes on Hopkin's book"; "Superfin on Sakharov's Diaries"; "Philip Boobbyer, Conscience, Dissent and Reform
in Soviet Russia"; "Yuri Mal'tsev and Note by V. Krasin." The box also contains Russian language original enclosure titles.
box 4
1968-2010s
This box includes correspondence, notes, and printed material. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained
in the box: "Nathans, B., Soviet Rights-Talk in the Post-Stain Era"; "Popov, Oleg, Defending human rights or globalism agents";
"58-10 annotated catalog"; "Nathans, From the Other Shore"; "Summary of S. Kovalev Case"; "Lithuanian KGB Catalog of S. Kovalev
Case"; "Correspondence KGB Lithuania - KGB USSR on S. Kovalev Case"; "Fragments of S. Kovalev Case." The box also contains
Russian language original enclosure titles.
box 5
box 6
box 7
1960s-2010s
This box includes manuscripts, notes, and printed material. The following is a list of original enclosure titles contained
in the box: "Ushakin, Sergei, Terrible mimicry of Samizdat"; "Piarkovski, Aleksey, Short history of Samizdat"; "Stasi Notes
on meeting between Mielke and Abramov; Morris, Robert S., Notes for possible article"; "Komaromi, Ann, The Periodical Editions
of Classic Soviet Samizdat 1956-1986"; "Kuzovkin, G., Final pages of unknown essay."
box MC40
10 optical disks
film Shelf
1 motion picture film reel